"Free violence that is not punished", the man accused of causing the death of Jérôme Warmel acquitted by the court of assizes

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The court of assizes of the miners of Saint-Omer issued its decision on 29 January 2025: the man accused of having carried the fatal blow to the face of Jérôme Warmel in 2017 in Boulogne-sur-Mer is acquitted. The relatives of the victim, who had been waiting for this decision for seven years, are "revolved" according to the lawyer of the civil party.

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For lack of evidence, the Pas-de-Calais Assize Court on Thursday acquitted the presumed author of the attack on Jérôme Warmel, who died in 2017 after being beaten in Boulogne-sur-Mer. The victim's family is “revolted and shot”, according to his lawyer.